Code for Iowa Legislature Faces Costs and Delays
The legislature meets January 19 to consider a codification code prepared by a five‑member commission. The cost to date totals 23130.08 with printing and binding extra. Commission members seek additional pay for extended hours. many lawmakers doubt need for the group as sweeping changes face strong opposition.
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Ties Moines
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Elerishire
John Y. Stone
Charles Baker
Iowa City
Emlin MacClain
Naw Department
The
State University
H. F. Dale
Des Moines
W. $. Winslow
Newton
Executive Council
Commission
Stone
Winslow
Baker Liedhabearengbons Asebeses
Reyer Lo Ieee
Senate Chairmanships Filed With Numerous Assignments
The republican caucus committee of the senate issued a detailed list of chairmanships for general committees. Names include Proctor, Allison, Jones of Nevada, Chandler, Pritchard, Teller, Squire, Frye, McMillan, Shoup, Sewell, Peffer, Morrill, Perkins, Sherman, Lodge, Nelson, Petti grew, Wilson, Warren, Hoar, Hensbrough, Wetmore, Hawley, Stewart, Cameron, Builer, Gear, Plait, Gallinger, Wolcott, Hale, Mitchell of Gregan, Quaii public lands, Dubos, Clarke, Cartier, Burrows, Aldrich, Davi sh, McBride, Hiie, Thurston, Elkins, Mantel, Allen, Baker.
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Senate
Republican Caucus Committee
Agriculture
Proctor
Allison
Jones of
Nevada
Chandler
Pritchard
Teller
Squire
Frye
District of Columbia
McMillan
Shoup
Sewell
Civil Service
Peffer
Morrill
Perkins
Sherman
Lodge
Mississippi River
Nelson
Pettigrew
Wilson
Warren
Hoar
Hensbrough
Wetmore
Hawley
Stewart
Cameron
Builer
Plait
Gallinger
Wolcott
Hale
Mitchell of Gregan
Quaii
Dubos
Clarke
Canada
Cartier
Burrows
Aldrich
Territories
Davish
Seaboard
McBride
University of the
Allen
Baker
Athenia Sailed From New York In Heavy Gale
A fragment describes the German ship Athenia leaving New York during a heavy gale last Sunday morning. It mentions 217 miles of Cape Mar and references damage, transfers, and crew evacuation amid an explosion. Details are garbled but indicate maritime peril and distress procedures at sea.
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Paianhia
Cape Mar
Athenia
New York
Araneae
Mapitma
Best ceogyan4 Tawest prices announced
BNion advertises the best ceogyan4 Tawest prices available, noting 405 Brady as a reference point for shoppers seeking value and deals.
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Brady
Invention by Mrs Mary P Carpenter Hooper at Atlanta Exhibit
The New York Times notes an early invention by Mary P Carpenter Hooper of this city, a straw-sewing machine for hats that predated broader female participation in industry. Her design, patented in 1875, sewed from tip to brim without turning the hat and concealed stitches, a breakthrough credited with modernizing straw hat production worldwide.
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Atlanta
Mary P. Carpenter Hooper
Hooper
New York
Bosworth
Miss Carpenter
Correspondence Sign Letters With Full Names
Readers are urged to sign letters with full names. Do not use words like yesterday or tomorrow. Use day names or exact dates such as Wednesday or December 15 to fit the facts.
Local News From Here and There This Week
JA WY Porter visited on business Thursday. Fritz Beck has recovered from sickness. M and Mrs Baldwin of Clinton county visited friends Sunday. A large cattle shipment is being sent north this winter. Co F Bluhm who lived here years left for Davenport. Dan Stevens Waipsie was in the area last week shelling corn. Rev Mr Blantke Davenport preached to a large crowd Friday. Charles Knouse returned from a two week trip to the northwest. The friends of Mr F A Antrim mourn his sudden death, he was popular with both parties.
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WY Porter
Fritz Beck
Mrs. Baldwin
Clinton County
Co. F. Bluhm
Davenport
Dan Stevens
Waipsie
Mr. Blantke
Charles Knouse
F.A. Antrim
Political and business briefs from national and regional news
petitions in Congress seek tariff and postage reform while American Exchange National Bank sues Northern Pacific for 74000 in Seattle. AFL selects Cincinnati for next convention. Lone farmer Miles Mitchell noted inHardeman County Tennessee murders prompt bloodhounds. Philadelphia and Reading railway reorganization plan ready. Congress eyeing aliens in public employment. Harry R. Graham assets 35000 liabilities 25000. Pacific Mail and Panama railroad settle. German Reichstag debates artisan chamber. Colorado camps West Creek and Cottonwood attract attention over siren-like rock. Felden mines sale 400900 completed to buyers from New York. German National Bank of Lincoln Nebraska closes.
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Congress
American Exchange National Bank of New York
Seattle
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
Miles Mitchell
Hardeman
Tennessee
Philadelphia and
Reading Railway
Harry R. Graham
Boots and Shoes of
Chicago
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Panama Railroad Company
Reichstag
West Creek
Cottonwood
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Felden
Red CH
New York
Brooklyn
German National Bank of Linenin
Neb
Snow Cap the Arctic Dog Exemplar in Central Park Exhibit
Snow Cap, the lone survivor of Lieut Peary's sled team, a fierce wolfish Eskimo dog, is displayed at the Natural History Museum in New York. The tale recalls his remarkable endurance through the perilous Arctic trek and near fate when his comrades were slain and food scarce, leaving him spared and now shown as part of the New York Sun exhibit.
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Central Park
Natural History Museum
Bones
Keeper Snyder
Snow Cap
Chumber
Peary
Pug
New York Sun
What the World Owes to Nordau
Cesare Lombroso reviews Nordau's Degeneration, praising the originality of applying psychiatry to literary criticism while noting gaps and errors typical of genius. He argues Nordau's method will endure and, when used properly, dispels philological quibbles that ignore human degeneracy.
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Nordau
Cesare Lombroso
Whittier Quotation Reflected in Local Sage Verse
The fragment invokes Whittier and a speaker who declares a fateful word, risking praise or censure as the crowd bears or rejects it. The passage hints at themes of courage, responsibility, and public reception through a line about utterance in peril.
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Fionat
Ang
Whittier
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for All Skin Ailments
Advertisement notes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best salve for cuts bruises sores lice chafing fever rashes chapped hands and skin eruptions. Promises guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Priced at 25 cents per box. Sold by Ballard & Co.
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Ballard & Co
Sophy Dear’s Broadway Bicycle Dilemma on Sixteenth Street
A New York Evening Sun piece recounts Sophy Dear boarding a Broadway car on Sixteenth Street as friends discuss bicycle shopping. They trade tips on reliable brands, prices, and nearby sellers while noting past injuries and altered plans, revealing social chatter about healthful exercise and shared misfortune.
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Sophy
Sixteenth Street
Bessie Bloomer
Sophi
Susie Scorcher
Sve
Fay
New
The Power of Electricity in Heat and Industry
The passage extols electricity as a universal agent capable of heating any substance to incandescence, cooking, plating, and electrolyzing. It highlights its decisive role in smelting ores, reduction tasks, and its miraculous aid to surgeons and physicians, equating its medical potential to core vitality.
Survival of New Novels Shows Mass Market Output
The article notes Americans publish about two hundred new novels before holidays, with 1890 to 1893 totals above one thousand each year. Most fail to survive a year. only a few endure a decade, while critics agree the fittest survive and universal themes endure.
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New York
Napoleon Dictates Decree on Duke's Imprisonment
From the 20th the decree for the duke's imprisonment and trial was dictated by the first consul from the Tuileries. Josephine pleads for mercy but Napoleon declares the public duties must prevail. Savary goes to Vincennes as Murat's orders set the court martial and likely sentence in motion.
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Mme. Bonaparte
Mme. de Remusat
Joseph
Tuileries
Malmaison
Talleyrand
Josephine
Prince of Conde
Lucien
Vincennes
Savrary
Murat
Napoleon
Wm. M. Sloane
Napoleon's Death-Bed Statement on Duc d'Enghien
On his death bed Napoleon dictated his will denying sole guilt for the Duc d'Enghien affair while noting the Comte de Artois backed sixty Paris assassins. He shifted blame to Talleyrand in letters to several confidants, as described in a Century review of Life of Napoleon by William M. Sinoane.
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Napoleon
Duc d
Tom Wolfe Sentenced After Transom Evidence
In Connersville Indiana Tom Wolfe received a two years three months term for burglary. The verdict hinged on whether a man of Wolfe’s build could crawl through a seven inch transom, proven when prosecutor Smith pulled a sash through a model opening to illustrate the point before the jury.
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Tom Wolfe
Connersville
Ind
Wolfe
Smith
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